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Human Relations
After a busy week, our students returned home. Beyond the official schedule they used the opportunity to get to know each other better. Socializing certainly is the best use to be made of in-house classes.
News from: 03/08/2010
Excursions
Our junior students went on excursion yesterday. Their Economics tutor had arranged very interesting visits to the the Federal Ministry of Finance - including an architectural tour through this historical building - and to DIWecon, the consulting company of the German Institute for Economic Research.
News from: 03/04/2010
Guest Lecture
Yesterday evening, Hildegard Müller, Chairperson of the Executive Board of the Association of Energy and Water Management, gave a lecture on “Energy Supplies – Current Situation and Future Prospects”. An energetic discussion ensued.
News from: 03/03/2010
Career Day
A career day is scheduled for today. First, three panels provide insights into various fields of work, their specific recruitment procedures and future employment trends. Then students have the opportunity to visit a workshop on either International Recruitment Procedures, European Careers or How to manage Change in Jobs.
News from: 03/02/2010
Simulation Game
Today, the in-house classes have started with a simulation game. Students are elaborating and acting the various roles they were assigned. The discussion focuses on transitional justice in Carillia.
News from: 03/01/2010
In-House Classes
Next week, our students convene in Berlin again for their in-house classes. Besides classroom teaching of various modules, there will be excursions and a simulation game. Moreover, a career day will involve students in panels and work shops in exploring their career chances in the international sphere.
News from: 02/22/2010
FUBiS Recognized for Meeting Quality Standards
The International Summer and Winter University of Freie Universität (FUBiS) was the first of its kind in Germany to receive the quality seal of the U.S. American Forum on Education Abroad. Worldwide, nine universities have so far met the standards of the Quality Improvement Program (QUIP). The QUIP review process assesses teaching, support for students, academic environment, and the quality of preparation for the learning environment abroad.
News from: 02/16/2010
Up to date with Russia-related news and analysis
If you are interested in news on all respects of today's Russia, check out Johnson's Russia List (JRL). The e-mail newsletter includes political, economic, social, military, and foreign issues.
News from: 02/09/2010
2010 Call for Applications
We call for applications for our next run that is to start in October this year. Please contact us for any question and apply for our electronic application system.
News from: 02/02/2010
Learn a new language?
If you are interested in learning a foreign language, you might try social language learning online. Livemocha offers language learning at your own pace and with native speakers. Perhaps you can improve your East European language skills here?
News from: 01/25/2010
AAASS 2010
The 42nd National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies will be held in Los Angeles, California, from Thursday, November 18, to Sunday, November 21, 2010 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites. The theme is "War and Peace".
News from: 01/20/2010
New FU president
Since 2003, Dieter Lenzen has been president of Freie Universität Berlin. He will now take this position at Hamburg University. Thus the procedure to look for a new president was started.
News from: 01/13/2010
Progress Report
The new year brought a new module to our second year students: Politics. Shortly before Christmas, they already started with Intercultural Communication. Our first year students will take up Humanities and Economics next week.
News from: 01/05/2010
Season's Greetings
We wish our students and tutors and all the people who in one way or other contribute to our program joyful as well as restful holidays and a great 2010. We look forward to another year with you all.
News from: 12/20/2009
New Video of Our History Tutor
Our tutor for the new History module, Prof. Dr. Georgiy Kasianov, introduces himself and his module in video form. Check out what the History module has to offer!
News from: 12/18/2009
Call for Applications
Here's your chance again: We welcome applications for our next run starting in October 2010. Please hand in your application online.
News from: 12/16/2009
Elective Module
For the first time, we offered our students a choice between modules. Interestingly, preferences are distributed very evenly. In spring, half of them will study globalization, the other half migration.
News from: 12/07/2009
Online Educa 2009
From December 2 till 4, Berlin houses the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate and public service sectors in education and training. EES Online team members will study the latest developments.
News from: 12/01/2009
Transatlantic Relations
Christoph Heusgen, advisor on foreign and security policy issues with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, will give a lecture on "The importance of transatlantic relations in the age of globalization" on November 27, 9 till 10.30 a.m., John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freie Universität Berlin, Raum 340, Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin. The lecture is open to the public.
News from: 11/25/2009
FU Political Scientists among the Best in Europe
Political science at Freie Universität Berlin is among Europe’s top addresses for students in master’s and doctoral degree programs in this discipline. In the 2009 “Excellence Ranking” by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE), Freie Universität’s Department of Political and Social Sciences was found to be particularly strong in research as well as internationally oriented and was included in the “Excellence Group” of the 18 best German universities. Best ratings were received above all in the following five evaluation categories: number of publications, mobilitiy of students and faculty, international students in master's degree programs, and international doctoral candidates.
News from: 11/23/2009
What's up?
You wonder what our students are concerned with presently? Well, the first year students deal with Introduction & Tools and Society. The second year students study Humanities and History. Of course, all modules are oriented toward Eastern Europe.
News from: 11/17/2009
AAASS
This week, the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies holds its annual national convention in Boston. Klaus Segbers will chair a round table on "The Role of Individuals: Assessing the Impact of Persons from Different Disciplinary Positions".
News from: 11/09/2009
Application Procedure
Our seventh run is already well into the program. For the time being, the electronic application system was closed down. Applications for the eighth run starting in October 2010 can be handed in from December 15.
News from: 11/02/2009
FU Berlin among World’s 100 Best Universities
According to the new ranking by the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE), Freie Universität is one of the 100 best universities in the world. As THE announced in London, Freie Universität is in the 94th place in its latest university ranking. That is 43 places better than the previous year and 78 better than in the first ranking in 2005. Among the world’s 100 best universities, no other university managed a larger leap forward. Freie Universität is third among German universities surpassed only by the University of Heidelberg and TU München. Read more here.
News from: 10/26/2009
New Module
A new module is being offered now: History. Students observe and discuss major problems of East European history and develop generic skills applying this historical knowledge to the analysis of current politics and policies.
News from: 10/22/2009
Graduation
After a week filled with learning the in-house classes came to an end with a highlight on Friday. Graduation of our fifth run took place at ‘Villa Kreuzberg’. The Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany addressed a speech to the guests, an alumna shared her impressions of the time subsequent to her studies, a jazz band played, and a buffet was offered.
News from: 10/09/2009
Guided Tour
Yesterday our students learnt about the Berlin wall on site. When walking along today's Bernauer Straße, photos helped to visualize the times when the wall was built. The short reconstructed border strip provided at least an idea of what the wall looked like. The tour was completed by an account about how the wall fell.
News from: 10/07/2009
Gesine Schwan
A high-level guest enriched our in-house classes. Professor Gesine Schwan lectured on "Good Global Governance". A lively discussion ensued after her philosophical reflections.
News from: 10/04/2009
In-House Classes
Coming Monday, we will welcome our students in Berlin again, the sixth run students for their third meeting, the seventh run students for the start of their studies. As usual, in-house classes are a mix of classroom teaching and social events. One highlight will be the graduation of the fifth run on Friday.
News from: 10/02/2009
Applications 2009
The selection process for our seventh run starting this October has taken some time. Our new students were admitted by Freie Universität Berlin. We are looking forward to meeting them during the first in-house classes. However, if you are still pondering whether to join us: We accept applications for our waiting list.
News from: 08/13/2009
Master's Theses
After almost two years, our fifth run students are close to completing their studies. Right now, they are working on their master's theses. They are dealing with a great variety of topics, all of them, of course, related somehow to Eastern Europe.
News from: 08/13/2009
Sample Unit
Get a feeling of our virtual learning environment and check out our sample unit. You can find more information on EES Online's e-learning approach here.
News from: 05/18/2009
Scholarships Available!
EES Online offers four travel grants and two reductions of the regular tuition fee.
News from: 05/08/2009
Last Call
We still do welcome applications for our waiting list although the deadline for applications for our seventh run starting this October passed on April 30.
News from: 05/01/2009
Applications welcome
Deadline for applications for our seventh run starting this October is April 30. The online application system awaits your registration. After receiving the log-in information, you can proceed to fill in the forms and upload your documents. Contact us for any question!
News from: 03/31/2009
GML² 2009 - E-Learning Conference
The E-Learning conference GML² 2009 is hosted by Freie Universität Berlin on March 12 and 13. You can hear more about EES Online and IR Online within a presentation at 11.30 am on Friday at Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin.
News from: 03/11/2009
CeBIT - Visit us in Hannover!
Freie Universität Berlin presents its online programs, among them EES Online, at CeBIT Forum Learning & Knowledge Solutions 2009, hall 6, stand B34.
News from: 03/04/2009
In-house Classes in Berlin
The first week in March marks the time of the in-house classes. Apart from classes in, e.g., Law, Economics, Globalization, and Project Management, our students participate in a discussion with the German MP Dr. Andreas Schockenhoff and a symposium discussing civil peace service vs. military actions at the conference center Urania.
News from: 02/27/2009
Most Internship Fair, Berlin
We are looking for interns! Please come and visit our stand at the MOST Internship Fair at Rotes Rathaus in Berlin on Tuesday, February 3.
News from: 01/29/2009
Progress Report
After short holidays, our students are back to work. The fifth run has started with the law module, while the sixth run has taken up the modules on conflict management and economics.
News from: 01/22/2009
Season's Greetings
All the best for the holiday season and for 2009!
News from: 12/17/2008
Applications welcome
As of today, applications for our seventh run, starting in October 2009, can be handed in via our online application system.
News from: 12/01/2008
Online Educa Berlin 2008
Everyone who is interested in the “largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors” will have to come to the Hotel InterContinental in Berlin on December 3 – 5. The Center for Global Politics will present its two Master’s programs EES Online and IR Online as part of a Demonstration and Best Practice Showcase session on Thursday, December 4 at 2.30 pm in room Potsdam III.
News from: 11/25/2008
CGP Mission Statement
The Center for Global Politics just published its mission statement.
News from: 11/25/2008
First Op-ed Article Online
Shop Window Policy versus Informal Talks? Diverging Strategies in German Foreign Policy” by Prof. Dr. Klaus Segbers at www.global-politics.org.
News from: 10/13/2008
Three Runs Meet in Berlin
We welcome our new students from the 6th run to our program! Together with the 5th run students they are in Berlin for a week of in-house classes at the beginning of October. On Friday of that week, our graduates from the 4th run receive their diplomas and become EES Online alumni.
News from: 10/02/2008
Start of Term
Summer is over - at least for our students. They start their second year with the second part of Project Management and with a new module, namely Society. The latter module is taught by a new tutor: We welcome Kerstin Zimmer to the teaching staff of EES Online.
News from: 08/26/2008
Looking for an internship?
You are curious to take a look behind the scenes? You would like to know how an online master's program works? Then an internship at EES Online might sound like a good idea. If you are interested: contact us.
News from: 08/12/2008
Master Conference 2008 at Freie Universität
On July 17 and 18, Freie Universität Berlin hosts this year’s Master Conference “Master in Praxis” aiming to bring together universities offering practice-oriented Master's programs and companies. The two-day conference seeks to define requirements for study programs corresponding to the demands of the economy. The Master Conference envisages to strenghten the standing of hands-on Master's programs and to foster the dialogue between education and business. For further information see www.master-konferenz.de.
News from: 07/16/2008
Master's Theses
Our fifth run students started working on their Master's theses. They have three months time to write about 12,000 words on a topic related to Eastern Europe.
News from: 07/01/2008
E-Leader Conference in Krakow
From June 9 – 11, the E-Leader Conference takes place in Krakow as part of a series of conferences aiming to train tomorrow’s leaders using intelligent exchanges across academic disciplines. Members of the EES Online and IR Online programs teams elaborate on how the concept of e-learning is understood and implemented in both online M.A. programs.
News from: 06/09/2008
Applications
We have received a lot of promising applications for our sixth run starting this October. Again we will have a very diverse student group.
News from: 05/22/2008
Orientation Week
This week, the Center for Global Politics organizes an Orientation Week which is addressed at former Erasmus students who spent some time at Freie Universität. Participants not only receive information on Master's programs offered by the FU, amongst others on EES Online, but also have the chance to discuss current global challenges in different seminars.17 students from 14 different countries participate in this event.
News from: 04/09/2008
Meet our tutors?
You can now watch also our tutors for conflict management, economics, humanities, and project management on video. Just go to the module site, from there to the author's site and click the black box.
News from: 03/26/2008
Happy Easter
We hope for nice spring weather everywhere and wish everybody great holidays.
News from: 03/19/2008
Studying on-site
It's in-house classes time again. Our students are busy in various seminars. Moreover, this afternoon the Jewish museum gets visited. Tomorrow there will be a lecture by Enno Harks from BP.
News from: 03/03/2008
Our new intern
Anton Friesen (student of Political Science at the FU Berlin) joins our EES Online team. He'd like to get to know how exactly project management works and also to improve his English proficiency. Furthermore, he is looking forward to helping students in the in-house classes in Berlin.
News from: 02/26/2008
Upcoming in-house classes
Next week, March 3-7, this year's spring in-house classes will take place in Berlin. We are very much looking forward to meeting again with the EES Online students.
News from: 02/26/2008
EU Studies Fair 2008
The Center for Global Politics has a stand at the EU Studies Fair taking place in Brussels on February 16. Come visit us!
News from: 02/14/2008
Applications welcome
You are interested in joining our program? Our online application system is ready to receive your documents.
News from: 01/31/2008
Internship Fair
EES Online will be represented at the MOST internship fair taking place in Berlin's Red Cityhall on January 28. Qualified interns are always welcome to join our team.
News from: 01/23/2008
What's up?
The new year brought new modules. Our seniors have taken up law and humanities, while our juniors started with economics and migration.
News from: 01/15/2008
Season's Greetings
We wish our students and tutors and all the people who in one way or other contribute to our program joyful as well as restful holidays and a great 2008. We look forward to another year with you all.
News from: 12/18/2007
New EC Tutor
Konstantin A. Kholodilin is our new tutor for the Economics module. Our junior students will start this subject in January.
News from: 12/13/2007
Online Educa
From November 28 to 30, Online Educa, the international key event for eLearning, takes place in Berlin.Global Politics is represented. Visit our stand if you are there!
News from: 11/28/2007
Internship at EES
Interested in an Internship? We are looking for motivated students who want to share their ideas and contribute to the program. You will gain insight into various fields of activity - marketing, administration, organization of events, statistical evaluation, website maintenance. Please contact us at ees@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
News from: 10/29/2007
FU is excellent
The German research foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) announced last Friday that Freie Universität Berlin is among the nine best German universities and will be awarded the title of university of excellence. This confirms all the endeavors of the last years to move this university forward, and to establish it as a distinguished international network university. Our programs under the roof of the Center for Global Politics played their own role in making this huge success possible.
News from: 10/22/2007
New intern
Dominica Kern is now staying with us to learn about office organization and administration. She also wishes to improve her proficiency of English.
News from: 10/15/2007
Graduation
Students of the 3rd run were officially presented their Master certificates during our graduation ceremony in Potsdam. Among others, His Excellency, Ambassador of Lithuania in Germany, Evaldas Ignatavicius, addressed and congratulated the graduates. The evening was accompanied by the jazz band "Niels Fölster Quartett" and a buffet.
News from: 10/12/2007
Activities
Today our students visit the Romanian embassy in Berlin. And they will be explained the Bertelsmann Transformation Index by its project manager.
News from: 10/09/2007
In-House Classes
This week it's in-house classes again. Our new fifth run starts with Introduction & Tools and European Integration. The fourth run will treat European Integration, too, and Conflict Management.
News from: 10/08/2007
ICCEES
From August 2 till 4, the ICCEES Regional European Congress is taking place in Berlin. The subject "Transcending Europe’s Borders: The EU and Its Neighbours" is discussed in a lot of lectures and panels. EES Online staffs a stand. Come visit us!
News from: 07/24/2007
Apple harvest
After constantly watching our two apples grow for months, we finally proceeded to tasting them. And are they delicious!
News from: 07/23/2007
DAAD networking
With 14 branches and 48 information centers the DAAD has created a worldwide network to promote the German Academic Exchange. From June 26 to 27, all DAAD country experts and 140 representatives from 80 German universities, amongst them three members of the Global Politics team, met for the second time to the so-called “network conference (NeKo)” in Bonn. 51 country tables offered the opportunity to inform about strategies and projects concerning university cooperations abroad as well as marketing strategies to export German education programmes.
News from: 07/04/2007
Applicants chosen
The admission committee discussed all the applications handed in and selected the candidates for our fifth run. As every year, we expect to have a very international group representing a great diversity of education and experience.
News from: 06/07/2007
Master's theses
Our third run students start working on their master theses. Topics vary over a large range, but naturally all are somehow concerned with Eastern Europe.
News from: 06/04/2007
Call for applications
Applications for our fifth run will be accepted till April 30. Please contact us if you encounter any problem in completing your application till then.
News from: 04/26/2007
Impressions
In-house classes. Our students are here again! Highlights of the week are a guided tour of the Museum of European Cultures and the graduation ceremony.
